Dissonance in video games is quite common, whether it’s gratifying gameplay at odds with rudimentary visuals or a promising premise draped around stereotypical characters. But the recent release of Rad Rogers: World One exhibits a ...

In the grand pantheon of arcade shooters, few are more prestigious than 1981’s Defender. While the William Electronics-developed coin-op wasn’t an immediate success (creator Eugene Jarvis has blamed the groundbreaking five-button control method), the game proved ...

During the 1990s, the extreme sports genre was pervasive, with a multitude of games offering virtual skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, rollerblading and BMX biking. But after the start of the new millennium, the thrills began to ...

With the ability to perform a myriad of essential tasks, the iPhone is a wonderfully versatile piece of hardware. But periodically, gaming on the diminutive device can be challenging. Sure, the touch screen is great ...

This week, familiar titles like Moss, Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Plus, de Blob 2, and SteamWorld Dig 2 migrate to new platforms, while new titles like Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet and Gravel make their ...

Media sequels can fall victim to their own version of middle-child syndrome. Whereas inaugural efforts revel in world-building as well as character backstory, and concluding episodes are elevated by contributing a sense of closure, middle ...

We pilot a mech through hostile voxels in Violet Cycle, battle waves of mutant bees in Dead Ground, and conquer with the power of love in The Void Rains Upon Her Heart. Violet Cycle, Weckr ...

Undoubtedly, Dynasty Warriors it one of gaming’s juggernauts, embodied by a prolific collection of games nearly as massive as China’s own landmass. From the mainline entries, Xtreme Legends expansions, and the Empire offshoots that merged ...

With both Bayonetta titles arriving on Switch this week, Nintendo’s hybrid continues to be driven with a momentum that was largely absent from the company’s last hardware. Beyond the Witch on Switch, ports of Fatal ...

To combat stagnancy in the crime, thriller, and romance genres, the directors of Pulp Fiction, Memento, and (500) Days of Summer shirked chronology. Each film ditched the traditional, linear approach to storytelling, inviting innovation by ...